to order Monday April 14 seeing that we'll also move accepting March minutes next to new business um so volunteer
And I invite right it's nice to have you [Music] especially the April 22nd past presentation that is
actually Comcast they're doing presentation it's actually a surprise for the 15 seniors that signed up they're actually going to get free laptop from Comcast and they're going to be given um them unfortunately yes none of us are getting
um the art show is here at the um auditorium the 25th 26th and 27th um for um April and that means there's no exercise classes those days well it's a Thursday and Friday they
they take start taking down anything setting up Thursday yeah so I already email those um instructors and they're either going to move their classes some other time and then same thing on that Monday the 28th um it'll take them that
day to take everything down so and the only one on the 28th that effect is yoga and Rene does so it's not going to affect that Monday um for May we have um forest their um pizza lunchon we have Cinco de
Mayo lunchon that's going to be tacos um here on the 5th on the 6th we have the Westfield State Academy culinary arts they're going to make and for anyone that wants to and that's
$5 donation election day is the 13th so nobody will be here but we're gonna still do the um the brown bag if we cancel it it'll just screw everybody that comes in to get their brown bag there's no reason
why do it out of the garage we do it out of any um and then in the garage will also be the um fix it which would be fine well I'll be here to that data make sure that Yeah yeah that didn't that doesn't stop
us no yeah they'll still do that so they'll be working out of the garage so it'll be a little crowded but we'll we'll get through it um that's that's all right yeah yeah
yeah um the health fair is on the 16th of May in the auditorium that's have I got like vendors that was going to be big this year um and then We have a Medicare outreach
person coming to the center we're just going to be at at a table in the if anyone has any Medicare questions um or concerned nope on the 20th nope that'll be the 20th
um [Music] Yep and then the 22nd we're in May so on the 22nd of May it'll be fire canal so that'll be a nice one for them and then the 28th of May we're
going to be doing the river of coming out i believe she said something about anybody that's to that they'll pull you to the deed of your house and then um so you'll have a copy of that and then if you have any questions on it they'll
also be able to give you some tidbits on safety and stuff like that what day is that that was the 28th of May and then June is our um open house pancake breakfast 8 to 11 we have fire
friends is going to have a table community health will have a table fallon health will have a table and so it'll be Yeah the 17th we have we have a good um
life with Bill um it's a um a father son program he created um a presentation that he time and had spent time with his father who has Alzheimer
and he it's kind of like not a play but it's production let's just say I'm not quite sure how much of a production it is but it's about an hour and a half and um it's very informative it it can be funny um because if you know anybody
that dealt with Alzheimer's and and dementia it you have to have a sense of humor otherwise you'll never know um by taking care of somebody so it he he gave me a tidbit to watch and it was just it wasn't I thought oh this is going to be too sad it's going to be heartbreaking
I've been through this and then he gave me tidbits and I was laughing so it I think it'll be a good thing that's June 17th at noon um 12 to 1:30 and then he'll stay and and um do any questions so it's father
son the 19th Trinity Health is going to do an ice cream social that's y okay um 12 to 1 and then um the 25th health going to come back and do um because it's summertime and they're going to talk about hydration how
important it is for seniors we're all on meds and the sun and all the you know making sure we eat proper and all that stuff that's 10 to 11:30 that's a another good presentation 25th
we're busy and that doesn't include all the trips that we have let's check that at that wall park um we are going back to um the catering place we'll do all the salads and then
we'll and the chicken and then we'll do the Yeah so this is when we did it this way when it was partnered um and the fire department was there they sponsored um it one year i remember we just had the
tables up at the beginning not far from their tables and people just came and got in line and got their own so that I think is doable we don't have to wait on them we wait on our but with the food truck how they did it they you know we're not all tall and we
were like literally couldn't get the plates without spilling so that's why we at the last minute last year we decided to wait on the it was like 30 feet away 40 feet away from the pavilion and it was it just made it harder so
you know we're just looking for a different theme to go by i told the girls um they were if they wanted to come up with a theme if someone had an idea Oh wow um I could do a luau there's the the um cowboy when there's that or there's the um
Venice Hill um said at um the 70 you come in I'll dress like the 70s um and I said well I would I want to know ahead of time because it's cowboy stuff then I can get this if it's the 70s then I would probably bring someone
in that knows that kind of music um so there be dancing still there we're still working on No so they do have um about that he didn't see any action they were waiting for the weather to
stop raining because then they have to pour the um cement and they have to let it cure for 45 days so they probably aren't going to be able to use it till like you can't touch it um and then we're going to look at
seeing um you know seniors not a lot of the older seniors because again the meds and stuff like that they can't always be out in the sun for a long period of time so I want to have some type of pavilion tall pavilion over there to sit under whether it be bench with nice patio type
thing um yeah that'll be nice because there's no rain in sight for today um actually we had we had four people in there playing on it the other day so they're they're using it yeah um it was
nice to see they were in there and they they were had fun and our guys were very nice to them yeah and scare them out and um and uh they said they'd be back so um yeah um I think we just need a cover
just to cover go over it while we're still waiting for the branch on the gym these are the things what the master team and put under us was the ride share
service available in Southwood um I know Nicole is working with is it valley um see what they they can do on bringing a bus in here to pick up people to take
them to other places um so that's in the works already when you you know how the horseshoe goes around the city center at the end there probably a bench with a little cover and that's where the bus would come in pick
up yeah yeah yeah so that's already in the works it really doesn't have us like we're not part of making that decision but um the loop on public forum with
collaborate haven't heard from any other entities or commission This isn't us going and seeking other things but like I know that they're thinking agriculture um they're thinking of the farm we might we might I might see what day
that falls on and then see if we can get a driver for our van one of our volunteer drivers and we'll put a I'll put a thing up and see how many people of our our seniors want to get picked up and go to those and then maybe we can
try to figure out for that day everyone Right yeah even have you have to fit it in a time where they're open too um question yeah we're looking for something too for
like when the pickle ball comes we have a half a court basketball court there we'll have ball court and then we'll have um the cup and then I'm thinking on the side where the grass is we could even do um
the Oh I saw a bean i forgot bean toss what is that corn yeah so we could maybe schedule some type of like athletic and do competitions or something yeah
yeah yeah what take all the time i don't even think they have enough parties but it's nice to hear because um Karen and the board of health when I saw her last busy down there yeah I guess so not
thinking and I go "What makes you say that?" So I could always tell when I have to walk way down there to get my car at the end of the day um because when she comes in the times were really busy and we have our times of the day that a lot of a lot of cars are here um
so it's just funny to hear the employee side of the and she wasn't complaining she was actually laughing she go you're make you guys are making me exercise and walking that far it was good um the only thing is we did get some
complaints it did go to the select board um not sure why it bypassed this board um it should have really came this board first but they asked me if I would address them and answer the question so I doing that so
um eventually I'll finish it this week and I will get you all a copy um and then send it to the board and be able
I think I can speak to the board and I say we are really support here and whatever you need I'm not going to
How nice how nice right you know most very but it's funny because in the beginning when we moved the biggest thing that when we moved was the exercise classes and I knew that was some of the classes have older older
adults that don't even want to walk from one side to the other it was very convenient to walk in and right there i get it and I knew that was going to be an issue and then some of them even came down and and honestly I don't have a problem taking a complaint face to face
like if you tell me "Oh I don't really like that color or I don't want that or why did you move that?" I don't have a problem sitting down and explaining my theory of where it was going with it um and I I try to keep it as positive as I can and but I knew that was going to be
that's a lot of people that in one group that was going to be moved and then they came down and they they all told me you know for the first month I I heard it like every every week I heard somebody say "Yeah you know now we got to go upstairs now
we three weeks three months later they those same people came down and I said "How's the exercise going?" and they were like "You know what at first we really didn't like it but now we have so much room in there we can spread out now I can bring my friends because now
there's more room to add people where before we were at capacity." So I get it change nobody likes change and change is hard for all of us um and I definitely proceed and trust me if I
would have known what I know now in the beginning maybe I wouldn't have went so fast you know but that's that's who I am that's what I do i I I get a task someone says "We want this done." And I go "Oh okay that'll take me three days."
Boom and I get it done and then I don't realize that I affected like a hundred seniors doing that so and I get it and now I understand it um and we all live and learn um so I try to like go into the senior center and go
talk to the cards hey I'm going to be bringing you um the guys i told them I I'm giving you a cabinet this is what I don't want to see your drunk put it underneath and put it away every day and I gave them the cabinet and they were happy they they got the cabinet now they
have their own coffee pot they have their own food they have their own sugar and creamer they're happy they don't have to come out and ask anybody share it with anybody else you know um not that that we don't like seeing them it's just that they're guys they like their privacy and we get quite a few guys that
like to talk yeah yeah so you know it's all good i I you know I don't take offense that we got complaints and I'll address them and you're never going to make everybody and it's no different than um
I always use this analogy because I was on the fire department but like when a chief leaves and retires and a new one comes on you're always going to have those few people that leave because their alliance was to that first person we've had that here too their alliance was to Cindy and I understand that she
was a great person and did a lot and they're they're still following that alliance and no matter what I could you know I could cure cancer today and no one's going to give me the credit but that's okay but that's but but that's what that's how it goes but that's how
it goes you can't expect those people to change so it's it's all right we'll get through it although I think our numbers have have gone up and I will say yes so when we look at the reports in my senior center and that's where everyone
signs in a year ago they were like 77 to 80 and now they're 102 a week so you gained quite a Yeah and and I'm not stopping them from being from coming like we had someone
that said my friend is retired she's 58 um and can she come to the exercise class and I said absolutely so for me 55 and up is that's what we want so if you're retired or you want 55 and over
Exactly exactly you do need some people yep yeah and they keep it going so yeah our numbers are definitely going in the right direction um but once the gym comes there's really honestly there's
nothing moving around anymore because there's no more room we will be at capacity and then we can just keep going up the numbers and then you know we'll deal with that when I just wonder when is that that pace award or something coming up it should be that's going to
be going um we're going to do that at the volunteer um lunchon oh good because all the volunteers are there i think that's Yeah so if you want if you haven't put a name in there for that just come see me anybody on the board come see me in my office i'll give you a
form you can fill it out sorry I did give you one okay so you can just fill that out and then just give it back to me and there's nothing else do I have a motion to motion to adjurnn i second further
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